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		<title>Rock On!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see rocks. My son Jack sees beauty. He picks them up, handfulls of them, and puts them in his pocket. We have bags of rocks around the house. Because, at least when it comes to rocks, he has the ability to look beyond the visible to see more. Does he see a greater reality [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mblaess.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11155172&amp;post=305&amp;subd=mblaess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The End is Nigh?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 14:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you&#8217;ve probably heard by now, today is supposed to be the beginning of the end. According to this group&#8217;s calculations, today the end of the world is supposed to be ushered in. It seems that it&#8217;s easier to to believe that God will be coming than it is to believe that God is already here, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mblaess.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11155172&amp;post=300&amp;subd=mblaess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stand In</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus is here. And he is saying, &#8220;You&#8217;re going to represent me today. When people look at you, they will see me.&#8221; Your encounter with people will profoundly shape how they view Jesus. Does that leave you thinking, &#8220;Ugh, that means I have to do&#8230;&#8221;? What&#8217;s in the blank? Commit to doing that.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mblaess.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11155172&amp;post=270&amp;subd=mblaess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why do so many great ideas come to us in the shower?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blaess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because we have time. We&#8217;re not distracted. We don&#8217;t need brain power for 5, 10, 20 minutes. We have time to be alone with our thoughts, with the Muse, the Holy Spirit. And we have time to listen, to hear what the Spirit is saying. The trick now is to build that time into our day. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mblaess.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11155172&amp;post=261&amp;subd=mblaess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Are Your Priorities?</title>
		<link>http://mblaess.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/investing-for-a-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does getting ahead look like to you? How do you prioritize? How do you decide on what to spend resources, your money, your time, your energy? Are you, for example, feeling overwhelmed and exhausted by spending all your time and energy focused on a financial reward? Maybe it’s in a job you hate, that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mblaess.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11155172&amp;post=251&amp;subd=mblaess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders Define Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blaess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every member of a system influences how the system functions. But, it is the leader who has the most influence on the culture of the organization. Whether it is a congregation or a business or a family, leaders define culture. Leaders are effective not because they have lots of skills (though they might), but because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mblaess.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11155172&amp;post=243&amp;subd=mblaess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The moment you were born&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mblaess.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/the-moment-you-were-born/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; a problem was solved.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mblaess.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11155172&amp;post=240&amp;subd=mblaess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://mblaess.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/223/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blaess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though, that&#8217;s not entirely true for me. &#8220;The parts that aren&#8217;t&#8221; interest me in that it&#8217;s fascinating to see people ignore &#8212; or miss &#8212; the change that is happening all around us. Click the picture for the artist&#8217;s thoughts on this.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mblaess.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11155172&amp;post=223&amp;subd=mblaess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[is from the Old English haligdæg, meaning holy day. In parts of the world beyond the United States, people on vacation are said to be on holiday. What would it mean for us – how would it change how we view and value them – to think of our vacations as holy days?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mblaess.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11155172&amp;post=217&amp;subd=mblaess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Are the Church</title>
		<link>http://mblaess.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/we-are-the-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s about who, not how. It&#8217;s not about worship times or styles, or bulletins or hymnals or projection screens. It&#8217;s not about buildings. It&#8217;s not about new, hip names. It&#8217;s not about gourmet coffee. It&#8217;s not about programs. Church is not something you go to. Church is not something you do. Church is who you are. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mblaess.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11155172&amp;post=198&amp;subd=mblaess&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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